Medicine and the politics of knowledge /

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Imprint:Cape Town, South Africa : HSRC Press ; [Chicago, Ill.?] : Distributed in North America by River North Editions, IPG, 2012.
Description:vii, 200 p. : ill. (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9301513
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Other authors / contributors:Levine, Susan (Susan L.)
ISBN:9780796923929 (soft cover)
0796923922 (soft cover)
9780796923936 (pdf)
0796923930 (pdf)
9780796923943 (e-pub)
0796923949 (e-pub)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Medicine and the Politics of Knowledge situates South Africa - including its history of stances and political formations around HIV/AIDS - in the broader context of questions relating to science, medicine, human experimentation, and structural violence, all of which shape the cases in the book. Putting South Africa in the context of other cases of contention and contestation about science and medicine in India, Latin America and China helps us to understand the particular history of the South African case itself. Conceived in response to the urgency of bioethical debates in medical anthropology, this ethnographic collection touches the borders of anthropology, philosophy, and public health"--Publisher's website.

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